Marine Mammal Media Network

The Critical Years in Marine Mammal Population Recovery How marine mammal population recovery is determined long before it can be measured.

Population recovery in marine mammals is largely determined by the conditions at reproductive age, gestation, and early survival. Take a look at the critical years population recovery including a case study on the SRKW.

www.marinemammalmedia.org/p/the-critic...

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📢 SURVEY: Do you use - or have you ever used - drones in marine mammal research? 🐳🐋If so, please complete our short survey and help us map the growing range of ways UAVs are being used around the world for marine mammal monitoring and research: app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/uhi/drones...

The Marine Mammal Protection Act: What It Saved and What We Stand to Lose A look at the history, policies, and proposed changes behind America's most powerful marine conservation law.

In Issue 01 of MMMN, we covered the Marine Mammal Protection Act as it faces proposed changes that would weaken its core protections. Click to read the history, current legislative pressures, and what you can do to help.
marinemammalmedia.org/p/the-marine-mammal-protection-act

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Image by Dr Fredrik Christiansen, Senior Researcher PhD, MSc, BSc Marine Mammal Research, Department of Ecoscience Aarhus University

Our recent study in Ecological Modelling shows that southern right whale mother-calf pairs leave calving grounds once calves reach ~8 m in length, not after a fixed time. Larger, fatter mothers help calves reach departure size faster! 🐋⚡

Read it here:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 🌐🌏🌱🧪

📣 Issue 02 of the Marine Mammal Media Network is out now!

This month's issue focuses on less visible drivers of marine mammal conservation, including microbes, population recovery, and policy.

Read issue 02 here: marinemammalmedia.org/p/issue-2

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